i m in for nicolle wallace. the final day of e. jean carroll versus donald trump with closing arguments focused on a high-stakes question. what is the price to pay for using one of the world s most powerful megaphones to defame someone. first up her attorney addressed the factor looming over the trial, that is, trump s continued attacks on e. jean carroll. she pointed out trump spent the entire trial continuing to engage in defamation, trump dramatically stormed out of the courtroom. the judge noted the incident and kaplan continued. cnn repts that she said, quote, the case is also about punishing donald trump for what he has done and what he continues to do. shd trump tries to, quote, normalize conduct that could hardly be more abnormal. she went on to say, quote, typically when someone is found liable for defamaon, they stop making those statemeven if they don t like t jury s verdict, even if you d t like the jury s decision you follow it. those are the this trial is also
questions to consider if the war between hamas and israel ever ends what should happen the day after the day after? the proposal that prime minister netanyahu is already turning down. and leading this hour the justice department out today with its report on the uvalde massacre detailing a list of failures on may 24, 2022, when an 18-year-old gunman made his way inside robb elementary school. young students and teachers were left trapped in the classroom with the gunman more than han hour after officers arrived on the scene. instead of confronting the gunman the justice department found officers waited and more response and more equipment. instead of storming into the classroom police were waiting around for a set of keys, keys to open a classroom door that probably already unlocked. not to mention the terrified parents left waiting outside for hours wanting to run into the school, told they couldn t, learning little to nothing about the status of their children. just hours
the end, hunter received a sweetheart plea deal. as you now kno w, and will serveson. no time in prison despite owingn millions of dollars in taxes, among other potential crimes, according these irs officials.ht now, last night, a big celebration to rub it in our faces, joe hunter and attorneyr an merrick garland all celebrated together at white a state dinner at the white house. but accordinhouse. g to garland, we requesti not allowed to question his conduct. in fact, anyon criticism ofn the department of justice is an attack on democracy. watc h. om some have chosen to attackdepart the integrity of the justice department as components and its employeemes by claiming that we do not treat like cases e. k this constitutes an attack on an institution that is essential to american democracy and essential to the safetysential the american peoe ththing could be further from the truth. you ve all heard me say many times that w e make our casese based on the facts and the law. these
wider conflict. the latest from the region is coming up on cnn. but first, why do we keep giving donald trump exactly what he wants. tonight on laura coates live. but donald j j trump got exactly what he wanted today. and i mean again. a giant megaphone to call the 370 million dollar civil suit against him, say it with me, we all know the phrase, a witch hunt. but as you know, this is an unconstitutional witch hunt. its election interference at the highest level. but then in the courtroom, right in front of the very judge who is going to decide just how much he has to pay. again this is not a jury trial. no dye audience, he s talking to the person who is going to decide how much he has s fraud case. so maybe you want to want your words, saying, quote, this was a political witch hunt, what s happened here sir is a fraud on me. and that is donald trump s closing argument. the world of bach, or the 370 million dollar box stop here. now i want to bring in former trump